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Andrew Michaels
- June 22, 2023
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A 34-year-old Baltimore man accused of fatally shooting Daniel Mullhausen outside Waverly Tavern in 2017 was sentenced to 15 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in accordance with a plea agreement from the prosecution.
Bryan Hannah was initially scheduled for a retrial on June 20 after his 2018 conviction for the crime was overturned. The defendant was convicted of manslaughter, firearm use in a felony or violent crime and firearm possession with a felony conviction and was sentenced to a total of 25 years.
The defendant’s hearing on Tuesday before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Tanner carried over to June 21 when Hannah opted to take a plea rather than proceed with a retrial. Under the plea, Hanna will serve 15 years, suspending all but five years, for firearm use in a felony or violent crime and a consecutive 10 years, the first five years without parole, for voluntary manslaughter.
Defense attorney Natalie Finegar represented Hannah during the proceeding.
The case against Hannah dates back to Dec. 26, 2017, when the tavern’s video surveillance footage showed the defendant and victim inside and outside the tavern at 3801 Old York Road. Shortly after 10:00 p.m., two police officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to the area of E. 38th Street and Old York Road for a reported shooting.
Mullhausen’s body was found in the driver’s seat of a silver Suzuki Grand Vitara on the 3700 block of Ellerslie Avenue with two gunshot wounds to his back and a graze wound to his shoulder. In addition to the damage to the vehicle’s frontend and rear window, police also found several shell casings on the 600 block of E. 38th Street.
Hannah was facing charges of manslaughter, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, having a handgun on his person and possessing a firearm with a felony conviction.